A novel method for producing the key vaccine ingredient QS-21 in tobacco plants has been developed, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional extraction from the…
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Researchers at the John Innes Centre have discovered a gene cluster in wheat that produces triticein, an unexpected isoflavone, paving the way for advances in…
Wheat starch granules observed under the Scanning Electron Microscope. Large A-type and small B-type granules are visible. Credit: Brendan Fahy/Nitin Uttam Kamble Recent research has…
The John Innes Centre research team used genomic tools to map the genome of Chinaberry (Melia azedarach), a mahogany species. Credit: John Innes Centre New…
Dr. Jie Li examines vitamin D-enriched tomatoes. Credit: Phil Robinson Tomatoes that have been gene-edited to produce vitamin D, known as the sunshine vitamin, could…
Maize growth time-lapse. Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back. The secret to…
Tracing the Impact of a Long-Lost Relative on Modern Bread Wheat Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a…
Legume Root nodules colored pink by leghaemoglobin and caused by a symbiotic relationship between the plant and beneficial bacteria. Credit: John Innes Centre Scientists discover…
Phytoplasma effector SAP05 induces witches’ broom in Arabidopsis. Credit: John Innes Centre Zombie plants, witches’ brooms and the curse that might contain a cure. A…
An Arabidopsis meiotic cell imaged using super-resolution microscopy showing DNA in blue and the proteins HEI10 in red, ZYP1 in green and ASY1 in yellow.…
CLSY3 (fused with a yellow fluorescent protein) is specifically expressed in the tapetal cells surrounding the germ cells. Credit: John Innes Centre Hereditary information is…
Frost on Arabidopsis thaliana — new discovery may help us grow crops in fluctuating climate. Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may…
Carolina hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) feeding from white Mimulus mutant in flight chamber. Credit: Byers and Bradshaw, 2021 Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths…
Shining a light on internal clocks – the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Credit: Professor Ákos Kovács, Technical University of Denmark Humans have them, so do other…
Imaging and mathematical modeling of the bladderwort Utricularia gibba show how carnivorous plant traps shape themselves in 3D by growth oriented by a tissue polarity…